Building resilience of urban populations with ecosystem-based solutions in Lao PDR

About this project

The proposed project will address the increasing impacts of climate change-induced floods on urban areas in Laos. The project objective is to establish integrated flood management that includes the use of urban ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in four major cities: Vientiane, Paksan, Savannakhet and Pakse. This objective will be achieved through two project components: i) Component 1. Technical and institutional capacity building to plan, design, implement and maintain integrated urban Ecosystems-based Adaptation (EbA) interventions for the reduction of climate change-induced flooding; and ii) Component 2. Rehabilitation and protection of ecosystems in response to climate variability and change. The four target cities were selected based on inter alia their climate-induced flood exposure and economic importance. Further information on climate change impacts and site selection 28 are provided in Annex 2: Feasibility Study. Component 1. Technical and institutional capacity building to plan, design, implement and maintain integrated urban Ecosystems-based Adaptation (EbA) interventions for the reduction of climate change-induced flooding Urban development in Laos is taking place without sufficient consideration of the increasing risks of climate change-induced floods. To enhance the flood resilience of cities in Laos requires a comprehensive, integrated approach to flood management that includes good planning and the use of EbA. Cities are not currently adopting such an approac…

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Green Climate Fund · Multilateral

Countries

Laos

Sectors

Social ProtectionBiodiversity

Focus

Climate adaptation · Main focus

Funded by

Green Climate Fund

Implemented by

United Nations Environment Programme

Published by Green Climate Fund to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 1 Jul 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41317-SAP009.

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